Wood, power, code, dirt, and dinner — a work log from an off-grid mountain guy
Planted a lemon verbena at twilight. Cool hour, no transplant stress, and the roots get a full night to settle before the sun comes up tomorrow. Just got to remember to pull the shade cloth back over the hoop frames to keep in the morning dew.
Some weeks back I inoculated the hugelkultur beds with wine cap spawn. I laid down chips on the branches, laid the sawdust spawn into the chips, more chips on top, hauled 35 gallons of water from the neighbor’s well in 5 gallon jugs to water it, hauled over compost, more chips, watered it again, stuck … Read more